I bought an angleset headset designed for standard 1 1/8th steerer tubes from www.ofanaim.net. I thought you might all appreciate a little review,
It cost $200 and arrived promptly within a week of ordering.
Quality looks reasonable, it is actually made by Tange Seiki in Japan. a manufacturer I had at least heard of.
Fitting it was a right faff. It was quite difficult to get the little alignment marks in line and at the centre line of the headset. It took three attempts to fit using a headset press tool.
However once aligned it feels smooth and tight.
Now for the science bit -
Before it was fitted I measured the head angle using a phone app and the bb height.
The HA was hovering between 65 and 66 degrees. I have a Rockshox totem up front and a maxxis minion F tyre and a fox dhx 5 8.5 x 2.5 (giving 185mm travel) and a minion rear tyre.
As the indication was hovering between 65 and 66 degrees but settling more on 66, I am estimating that the head angle is between 65.7 and 66 degrees. I shall call that 65.8.
The BB height was just over 14 inches. 14.1 inches.
Post fitting
The head angle is now hovering between 64 and 65 but settling more on 64, so I am estimating that at between 64.5 and 64.7 degrees, call it 64.6 degrees and the BB is dead on 13.5 inches.
The seller said the angles would be reduced by 1.3 degrees, so that appears to be pretty accurate.
All in all I am pretty pleased so far. The angles are nice and slack and reasonably low with out going to full on world cup DH slack geometry. Somewhere between world cup DH angles and Enduro DH angles. pretty much perfect for trips to the ski resort bike parks.
I will let you know how it rides over the next few weeks and report on the longevity in time.
It cost $200 and arrived promptly within a week of ordering.
Quality looks reasonable, it is actually made by Tange Seiki in Japan. a manufacturer I had at least heard of.
Fitting it was a right faff. It was quite difficult to get the little alignment marks in line and at the centre line of the headset. It took three attempts to fit using a headset press tool.
However once aligned it feels smooth and tight.
Now for the science bit -
Before it was fitted I measured the head angle using a phone app and the bb height.
The HA was hovering between 65 and 66 degrees. I have a Rockshox totem up front and a maxxis minion F tyre and a fox dhx 5 8.5 x 2.5 (giving 185mm travel) and a minion rear tyre.
As the indication was hovering between 65 and 66 degrees but settling more on 66, I am estimating that the head angle is between 65.7 and 66 degrees. I shall call that 65.8.
The BB height was just over 14 inches. 14.1 inches.
Post fitting
The head angle is now hovering between 64 and 65 but settling more on 64, so I am estimating that at between 64.5 and 64.7 degrees, call it 64.6 degrees and the BB is dead on 13.5 inches.
The seller said the angles would be reduced by 1.3 degrees, so that appears to be pretty accurate.
All in all I am pretty pleased so far. The angles are nice and slack and reasonably low with out going to full on world cup DH slack geometry. Somewhere between world cup DH angles and Enduro DH angles. pretty much perfect for trips to the ski resort bike parks.
I will let you know how it rides over the next few weeks and report on the longevity in time.